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The Week’s Most Read Posts on Hypebot

In the most read posts this week on Hypebot, we saw indie artist Josh Garrels broke all the rules by giving away his album free on Noisetrade and still landing. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/03/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Billboard charts, Billboard Magazine, Billboard Music Award, Christine Teigen, David Lee Roth, Dick Clark Productions, Jussie Smollett, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Twitter, YouTube

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

It was another week eventful week in the new music business: Facing $736 million in damages, Grooveshark shut down and apologized to the RIAA, Live Nation reported a weak quarter,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/02/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Grooveshark, Josh Greenberg, record label, Recording Industry Association of America, Sam Tarantino, Sony Music Entertainment, Spotify, Streaming media, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group

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$1 For 3 Months Of Spotify Premium Is Back, But With No Ads How Are Artists, Label Getting Paid?

We thought it was just a Christmas promotion, but 3 months of ad free Spotify Premium is back for just $1. The deal is for new subscribers only, but it. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/01/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (5)

Tags: Amanda Palmer, Amy Schumer, Apple Inc., Christmas, Chvrches, Music genre, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, Twitter

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Full Text Of Official RIAA Statement On Grooveshark Shutdown and Grooveshark’s Apology

After 8 year of legal battles with the major labels, Grooveshark has settled and ceased to operate. After the jump you'll find the full text of the official statements from. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/01/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: " copyright infringement, copyright, Grooveshark, Josh Greenberg, List of online music databases, record label, Recording Industry Association of America, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group

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Shazam, TuneIn Partner With Google For Hands-Free Music Discovery

UPDATED: “The only thing easier than tapping a button is not having to tap a button at all," says said Daniel Danker, Shazam Chief Product Officer of the new Google. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/30/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Android (operating system), Android Forums, Android rooting, Anil Kumar, App Store (iOS), Google, IOS, IPhone, Mobile phone, Smartphone

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Google, Amazon, Pandora, NPR Unite To Fight Better Pay For Musicians

A coalition of lobbying groups and large corporations have united to fight efforts to that would raise payments to musicians and creators from broadcast radio and online music services.

Bruce Houghton on 04/30/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Barack Obama, Google, Iran, Israel, NPR, Nuclear program of Iran, Nuclear weapon, Politics of Iran, Tehran, YouTube

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TIDAL Adds 8 Countries, Now In 43

TIDAL may be off to a rocky and much criticized start, but that hasn't stopped Jay Z's music service from doing what any startup needs to do to survive: iterate. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/30/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 2010 FIFA World Cup, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, IOS, iTunes, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Spotify, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

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Tonight In LA: Hypebot Music & Tech Meetup

Tonight Hypebot presents our fourth LA music and tech meetup for readers to have a conversation with like-minded peers. You are invited to gather for drinks next Wednesday, April 29th from 7:00. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/29/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Book of Revelation, Conversation, Downtown Los Angeles, Hypebot, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Maker Studios, music industry, Soundhound, Upward Spiral

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TuneCore Paid $36 Million To Indie Musicians In First 3 Months Of 2015

Earlier this month, Believe Digital acquired flat fee D.I.Y. digital music distributor TuneCore, in a move that reshuffled the indie music distribution deck. Today, Tunecore shared its most recent payouts. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/29/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Albert Ho, Barenaked Ladies, Beijing, Facebook, HBO, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, independent music, Singapore, Spotify

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UPDATE: TIDAL Monthly Fees 30% Higher Via iTunes

UPDATE 2: TIDAL's star studded launch was followed by a storm of criticism. Most of the chatter, rightly or wrongly, centered around music's richest 1% enriching themselves further; and the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/29/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Alicia Keys, Android (operating system), App Store (iOS), Calvin Harris, High fidelity, IOS, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Spotify, Streaming media

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